‘Learners inherit the earth’
Posted on August 16, 2007
Today was day one at the Multimedia News Producers Workshop at the University of Minnesota. More to come on what I’m learning.
But here’s today’s quote of the day from Nora Paul’s presentation:
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to work in a world that no longer exists.” — Eric Hoffer
Multimedia News Producers Workshop
Posted on June 15, 2007
The Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota is running another session of the Multimedia News Producers Workshop August 16-18.
Registration will be limited to 36 people and there will be a choice of one of two tracks: Audio slideshows and video production for the Web.
Sign up early, last year’s workshop sold out in two days, according to organizer Nora Paul.
NPPA Multimedia Immersion Summit
Posted on June 5, 2007
These videos will give you goosebumps — they’re well done (I love the style of the first one), and they’re so inspiring.
I didn’t get to go to this — I’m not a professional photographer, so that limits my participation, I suppose. But you bet I’m going to share these overviews and anything else I can find about the NPPA summit (that link has a lot of good stuff) with the photo staff at my paper.
Thank you to Multimedia Shooter for posting these videos, a podcast and a list of new, cool and old tools.
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive internships
Posted on May 1, 2007
If the subject line isn’t enough to grab your attention, the rest of Rob Curley’s posting surely will.
Here’s a great excerpt:
“We want solid journalists who can write their backsides off. We’re also looking for programmers with an understanding of Django. And if you’re a kick-ass designer with killer Flash or motion-graphics skills, we want you.
“But what we really want are self-motivated bad-asses who have at least one of the skills I listed above.”
10-minute Flash tutorials
Posted on May 1, 2007
Want to learn the basics of Flash? Mindy McAdams has put together three 10-minute tutorials for you.
Free video tutorials
Posted on April 19, 2007
Don’t have a couple grand to spend on learning video? (I sure don’t.)
Check out this tutorial set I found via Bob Stepno’s del.icio.us links
Happy now, Beau? ;)
Travel Channel Academy
Posted on April 13, 2007
I found this a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t have time to blog it: The Travel Channel is offering a four-day video class, May 10–13, 2007, in Miami that looks amazing. It’s quite pricey, though — $2,250.
But, alas, I just saw that the class is full.
“The Miami session (May 10–13, 2007) is full. To get on a waiting list for the Miami session OR to inquire about other sessions, please email us at travelchannelacademy@discovery.com.”
ONA annual conference
Posted on April 13, 2007
Registration is open for the Online News Association’s annual conference, which takes place this year at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Oct. 17-19.
Here’s some more information from publicity chair Tiffany Shackelford:
You can now register online for the Oct. 17-19 conference and awards banquet. Reserve your hotel room now to get the ONA discount. The early bird fee for ONA members to attend the conference is $399. Early bird registration lasts until Sept. 16. After September 16, the fee will be $449 for ONA members. Fees at all times for non-ONA members are $549.
The Sheraton Centre, Toronto, is offering those wishing to attend the conference a rate of $191 ($229 CAD) a night. This offer is only in effect until Sept. 16. After that regular rates are in effect, which vary from room to room and night to night. You can register here at the Sheraton Centre Toronto or call (416) 361-1000. If you call, please tell the registration desk you are with the ONA conference in order to get the special rate.
**A passport is required for US citizens traveling by air to Canada. Apply here.
2007 ONA Conference and Awards Banquet
Oct. 17-19, 2007
Sheraton Centre, Toronto, OntarioJu-Don Roberts, WashingtonPost.com, Chair
Anjali Kapoor, Yahoo!, Co-Chair
Lifelong learning
Posted on March 28, 2007
You can’t get ahead if you don’t keep learning. And a Knight Foundation study concludes that’s a source of frustration among journalists, reports Steve Safran, from Lost Remote.
“Only 30 percent of news outlets have increased their training budgets since 2002, and 97 percent of news execs say their new hires don’t have the training they need. And there’s this: ‘Lack of training is the top source of dissatisfaction among journalists, ahead of pay and chances for promotion.’ “
Howard Owens points out that you can’t wait for/depend on training; each journalist needs to initiate and develop his/her own career development:
“In this day and age, you need to be a person who is always learning and knows how to learn without teachers or guidance. Teachers and guidance are great, and I am happy to mentor people, but if you have to be able to do it on your own, too.”
Too true. It’s shows initiative, self-discipline and a greater understanding than just being able to regurgitate information.
Besides, technology is moving faster than you can even sign up for a course, sometimes. Perfect example: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional (link via Mindy McAdams).
Need some help with your self-learning? I recommend this online library by O’Reilly.
Multimedia training opportunity
Posted on March 25, 2007
Here’s your chance to attend an almost-all-expense paid training session.
Knight New Media Center’s Multimedia Training Workshops, May 20-25; registration deadline is April 13.
“We sponsor in-person multimedia training workshops for mid-career journalists and some journalism educators. The workshops are held at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and are funded by the Knight Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and other private sources.
“The expenses-paid workshops run for six days and provide intense hands-on instruction on how to do multimedia stories for the Web. Topics covered include using digital video cameras, photo cameras and audio recorders; doing storyboards, stand-ups, voiceovers and other broadcast techniques; digital video, audio and photo editing using Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro and Photoshop; creating photo slide shows with Flash; Web page creation using Dreamweaver, and multimedia Web site design.”
Share it with your newsroom. This is a great chance for reporters to learn some of these skills.
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